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Article #208Russian syntax (polno)
From: David J Birnbaum
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 12:38
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 12:38
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In article <1992Jul29.224806.26059@athena.mit.edu> pesetsk@athena.mit.edu (David M Pesetsky) writes: >>> v Kieve ix bylo polno >>> in Kiev them-GEN was-NEUT/SING full-NEUT/SING >> >>Wrong case (same spelling): >> in Kiev them-ACC was-NEUT/SING many > >I'm not sure you're right here. Suppose instead of "ix" we had an >inanimate plural noun, e.g. "jabloko" `apple`. You get genitive, right, >not accusative: > > v Kieve jablok bylo polno > GEN > > *v Kieve jabloka bylo polno > ACC > >Right? If I'm wrong, fine, I'll drown my sorrows in Kvas. But...well >you tell me. A quick glance at the 4-volume academy dictionary confirms that polno takes a G complement. So you can make the kvas celebratory. (But the NApl of 'apple' is jabloki.) Cheers, David ======================================================================= Professor David J. Birnbaum djbpitt@vms.cis.pitt.edu [Internet] The Royal York Apartments, #802 djbpitt@pittvms.bitnet [Bitnet] 3955 Bigelow Boulevard voice: 1-412-687-4653 Pittsburgh, PA 15123 USA fax: 1-412-624-9714 (brain-dead news program can't tell relevant from irrelevant quoted text and would only accept this article if I tacked on genuinely irrelevant drivel. sheesh!) drivel drivel drivel drivel drivel drivel drivel drivel drivel drivel drivel
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!gatech!pitt.edu!djbpitt From: djbpitt+@pitt.edu (David J Birnbaum) Newsgroups: sci.lang Subject: Russian syntax (polno) Message-ID: <3994@blue.cis.pitt.edu.UUCP> Date: 30 Jul 92 12:38:57 GMT References: <36538@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu> <1992Jul29.160249.14294@husc3.harvard.edu> <1992Jul29.224806.26059@athena.mit.edu> Sender: news+@pitt.edu Organization: University of Pittsburgh Lines: 50